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fast, hard, hardly, well, friendly,

Fast, hard, late, early, daily, weekly and monthly are adjectives and adverbs.

He's got a fast car. He drives fast. I got an early flight. I went home early.
It's hard work. She works hard. It's a weekly paper. I buy it weekly.
The train was late. Trains are running late.
Hardly and lately have different meanings from hard and late.
Hardly = 'almost not'; lately = 'recently', 'not long ago'

He hardly works these days - maybe one day a week. Have you heard from John lately?
Well can be an adjective (the opposite of ill) or an adverb (the opposite of badly).

'How are you?' 'Very well, thanks.' The team are playing well.

These are sentences from real conversations. Put in words from the boxes.

early hard hardly weekly well

1 And I really understand Italian quite........................

2 You've got no playschool tomorrow so you haven't got to get u p ....................... have you?
3 Why should I work...................... when you never do anything?
4 Departures from the UK are...................... mid-morning on Sundays from Dover.

5 She was really, you know, nervous, and.......................came out of her flat at all.

^ Choose the best answer.

► You look . weU............, Mike. (early / lately / well)

1 Your father read th e ........................Express when he was alive. (hardly / Daily / lately)
2 You haven't seen the window cleaner....................... , have you? (lately / hard / weekly)
3 I ran as........................as I could, along the Tottenham Court Road, [early I fast / hardly)
4 I ...................... sleep - an hour at a time. (well / hard / hardly)
5 I got u p ...................... to finish some work, {well/ hardly / early)
6 My daughter cooks really.........................(hardly / well / lately)
7 I went to bed very............................. last night. (late / lately / hardly)

8 I go to Cambridge..................for a business meeting, {well / hardly / weekly)
9 I need a rest. I've been working........................all week. (lately / hard / hardly)
10 My grandfather hasn't been very w ell........................{early I lately / daily)

Friendly, lonely, lovely, silly are adjectives, not adverbs.
She gave me a friendly smile. (BUT NOT She smiled friendly.)
He was very lonely. (BUT NOT He walked lonely through the streets.)
Her voice is lovely. (BUT NOT She-sings-lovelyf) Don't be silly.
There are no adverbs friendMy, levelily etc. Instead, we use other words or expressions.

She spoke in a friendly way. She sings beautifully.

^ Correct (/) or not (X)?
1 He spoke very friendly, but I didn't like him........

2 You have a lovely smile........
3 He's not stupid, but he sometimes talks really silly........
4 He doesn't speak English very well, but he writes it lovely........

5 I gave her a friendly look, but she turned away........

In some answers, both contracted forms (for example I'm, don't) and full ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS 217
forms (for example lam, do not) are possible. Normally both are correct.